Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Peter Straub
Charting Apr 29, 1979 → Jan 13, 2002 · 77 weeks with chart power
- Peak Power
- 5.63%
- week of Jan 27, 1985
- Career Power
- 339
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top author
- Peak Year
- 133
- April 1984 – April 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 181
- May 1980 – April 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 77
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 8.34%
- week of Feb 27, 1983
- Comebacks
- 4
- February 1983, November 1984, October 1988, October 2001
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 25, 1979 | Feb 27, 1983 | 170 | 168 | 3.02% | 1.73% |
| After decline | Jul 3, 1983 | Nov 4, 1984 | 70 | 69 | 3.38% | 1.50% |
| After absence | Jun 9, 1985 | Oct 30, 1988 | 177 | 173 | 5.63% | 2.02% |
| After absence | Dec 18, 1988 | Oct 14, 2001 | 669 | 607 | 5.63% | 2.02% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
6 books · 339 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Talismanwith Stephen King | #1 | 23 | 133.4 | ||
| Ghost Story | #7 | 19 | 67.0 | ||
| Black Housewith Stephen King | #1 | 15 | 52.6 | ||
| Floating Dragon | #5 | 9 | 47.2 | ||
| Koko | #6 | 8 | 30.0 | ||
| Mystery | #10 | 3 | 9.0 |